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by cbanek 6y ago
When is a door not a door? When it is ajar.
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by cbanek 6y ago
Thanks for that! Super helpful. <3
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Exactly, same for Amazon pages that decide to sell the "new model" on the same page as the old model to harvest reviews. And then when I'm trying to figure out if it has better support or problems, I'm trying to pick th
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by cbanek 6y ago
Somewhat related due to comments / reviews being for a product, but sometimes on Amazon one page has a set of different options (with the little boxes). So you can pick like a color or model. But then they group all the reviews toget
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by cbanek 6y ago
One thing where I can give Microsoft credit for is that when relocating from WA to CA, they gave me a pay bump in the same amount of money that I was losing to state taxes (so that I had the same takehome pay). Considering WA doesn't
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by cbanek 6y ago
> During this mission, he became the first person to throw a boomerang in space that had been specifically designed for use in microgravity. Okay, you've won me over. This is awesome.
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by cbanek 6y ago
I think what might change things (at least in the US) is the demographic shifts. Housing demand (and so, related, prices) is obviously related to the number of people and what they can pay. If anything, the lowering of the 10 year yield,
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by cbanek 6y ago
It's interesting that they're comparing against the 10 year bond yield to basically prove what the market knew 4 years ago when Europe started flirting with negative interest rates - TINA - There Is No Alternative, you can't
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by cbanek 6y ago
Salt water is also corrosive.
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by cbanek 6y ago
I'm glad they mentioned 2038 on this list! It's a great game, and I have fond memories spending all day playing it intensely. Now I'm feeling the need to play some Railroad Tycoon!
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by cbanek 6y ago
American Airlines (which flies to Europe and is covered under the EU regulations for flights to/from the EU) doesn't even mention the EU regulations or how to make a claim at all on their website. None. Not a word. You have to
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by cbanek 6y ago
Searching for prime numbers is a really good CS problem actually, and one algorithm that is very easily coded by a 1st semester student is the Sieve of Eratosthenes: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sieve_of_Eratosthenes
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by cbanek 6y ago
I have no idea what this is, but no doubt that it exists. I'm guessing it's a drone, but have no idea really. I really can't wait for this mystery to be solved though. It's really captured my imagination.
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by cbanek 6y ago
By putting in frozen food you can overclock it until it's cooked!
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by cbanek 6y ago
Sometimes people with autism have a "special interest" that they are highly interested in and can easily hyperfocus on - like you mention Legos (I love those too by the way). If you can tie in the the special interest, that may h
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by cbanek 6y ago
> So Montañez assembled a small team of family members and friends, went to the test markets, and bought every bag of Hot Cheetos he could find. Well, that would certainly make them sell better, but doesn't exactly make it an accura
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by cbanek 6y ago
As for the design constraint that webcams have to be small to fit into the lids, I find the lid to be one of those places where I get the worst angle (both for lighting, and just in general), which is under your chin. I have to sit back a
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by cbanek 6y ago
I think a lot of projects exist specifically on using drones and lasers / dazzlers: https://newatlas.com/military/us-navy-laser-dazzzler-weapon-... I believe some submarines are also working on submarine drones th
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by cbanek 6y ago
“Once men turned their thinking over to machines in the hope that this would set them free. But that only permitted other men with machines to enslave them.” - Dune
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by cbanek 6y ago
Very interesting, could you tell me where that is? At least in the US, tenure is a really big thing. But there are plenty of people who are paid employees at the university and aren't teaching, and I'd also consider that academia
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by cbanek 6y ago
Let me just say to all those out there who have left academia and went into industry: academia would be happy to have you back! I went into "academia" (or close to it), doing software engineering for a telescope being built. Astr
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by cbanek 6y ago
I do own books, and there's the individual smell of each book, but I think not having enough books to have a library, there's something missing from the mingling of scents of books. Right now I'm just happy using the electro
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by cbanek 6y ago
I love that the picture of the top is of smelling a book. I love book smell. Although books are heavy, there's a definite smell to libraries that I think calms me right down. I miss that smell these days.
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by cbanek 6y ago
"monitoring internal email traffic at the U.S. Treasury Department _and_ an agency that decides internet and telecommunications policy" That's an interesting way of saying a U.S. organization. Does this mean the NSA? I woul
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by cbanek 6y ago
> how you feel we (recruiters, interviewers, hiring managers, etc.) are failing you. Here's my big thing - interviews, recruiters, hiring managers are all trying to do one thing, and one thing alone - fill that spot. Many times, I
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by cbanek 6y ago
I wish I could see - I love this idea. Although sometimes I look at newspapers from a long time ago to see what was being talked about. A lot of times it's the little things that are the most interesting. Those things that we though
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by cbanek 6y ago
I got a kitty. She was very scared at first, and when I adopted her, she greeted me by drawing blood. But I knew she was scared, and we have built a genuine bond through the months stuck inside. I also grew three avocado plants from seed.
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by cbanek 6y ago
> If you play the pointing poker game you tell everyone on the team (of people who might have to work on it) to make an estimate, and if they're unsure then to estimate high. I think this is great advice in general, and I try to fol
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One thing I think missed in this is talking about one of the reasons to break things down into the smallest portion - it's not only the metrics, but it's to make everyone look the same to management. Each person can take any of t
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by cbanek 6y ago
“One of the most important parts of recovery from work is sleep. However, sleep is affected by how well we detach,” This. Plus, I have done this in the past and found that it just takes time to wind down after working, no matter how tired

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